40 Years Ago, This Code Made Gaming History

Forty years ago, a single code wormed its way into a home console port and became a legendary staple of the video game ...
AV Club

Konami's Shoot 'Em Up History Endures with the Excellent Gradius Origins

Konami has made dozens upon dozens of shooting games in their decades of development and publishing, but unless you were there for it—or are devoted to Hamster’s Arcade Archives series—then you might ...
Slate

A Brief History of the Konami Code

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B, A, START. Some of us could ...
GameSpot

What's Going on With Konami, Kojima, and Metal Gear Solid? Here's a Timeline

2015 has been an eventful year for Konami. The Japanese publisher has regularly made headlines in the past few months, some pertaining to its reportedly strained relationship with veteran developer ...
techtimes

The Rise And Fall Of Konami: Can The Game Publisher Survive Its Bad Reputation?

Video gamers once thought of Konami fondly: after all, the video game publisher gave the world such titles as Castlevania, Dance Dance Revolution, Frogger and the Silent Hill and Metal Gear franchises ...
Game Rant

Best Konami Video Game Franchises, Ranked

Konami is a company that has stained its reputation in recent history after numerous errors and bad decisions. However, that doesn’t mean they haven’t been responsible for some genuinely great games ...
Wired

Classic Konami Characters Inspired by Hollywood

Shamoozal Nerdlog is combing through the pages of Konami history, matching up classic characters with their Hollywood inspirations. Matching up Metal Gear's Solid Snake with Escape From New York's ...